King Tut's Tomb category-wall-art Construction of the canal had

Construction of the canal had started in 1903 and would continue until its opening in 1914

boasting more bridges than any other city in the world and more canals than Amsterdam and Venice combined

and The Times was there the day it was unveiled

as evident in this circa 1915 photograph

5 hours off the old mark

King Tut's Tomb category-wall-art Construction of the canal had"Tut Ankh Amen's Inner Tomb Is Opened, Revealing Undreamed of Splendors, Still Untouched After 3,400 Years." This headline stretched across three lines on the front page of the The New York Times on Feb. 17, 1923. "This has been, perhaps, the most extraordinary day in the whole history of Egyptian excavation. Whatever any one may have guessed or imagined of the secret of Tut Ankh Amen's tomb, they surely cannot have dreamed the truth as now revealed."